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Three area wrestlers are All-America

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Area wrestlers showed their stuff on the national stage last weekend at the National High School Coaches Association Wrestling Championships.

Three earned All-America designation.

From Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg, sophomore Zach Carlson placed second and senior Jordon Rothers took fourth.

Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City junior Larry Bomstad placed third.

Carlson, who finished second at the Class A state individual tournament in March, reached the national championship match in the 152-pound sophomore division after winning his first four matches — two by second-period pins. Carlson then came up just short in the final by losing 3-2 to two-time Maine state champion Cody Hughes.

Bomstad, a state champion for the Falcons, collected three pins and a 14-9 decision to clinch a spot in the 145-pound semifinals. Bomstad got pinned early in the third period to lose his bid to repeat as national champion, but he then captured third place by earning a pair of decisions. , including one in overtime to reach the third-place match where he upended two-time state champion PJ Klee of California 4-2 .

In two seasons counting both state and national competition, Bomstad has only two losses; he’s 87-1 in Minnesota matches.

A pin and three decisions put Rothers into the semifinals of the 160-pound division where he then lost 21-5 to eventual champion Kyle Perreault of California. Rothers, a runner-up at this year’s Class A state individual tourney, then won a 3-2 decision and lost a 10-2 major decision to finish fourth.

Rothers was also fourth as a junior in the 160-pound division a year ago at this same tournament.

Patrick Rooney, a 170-pound senior for Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, and ACGC 170-pound junior Maverick Whitcomb were both one match shy of securing All-America honors (top 8). Rooney was 2-2 and Whitcomb, who placed fourth at the same tournament last year as a sophomore, 5-2.